Jared led the whole land to the wonder of Subway sandwiches.

If you build it, they will come.

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/celebrity-weight-loss-ads-the-good-the-bad-and-the-weirdWed, 07 Jan 2015 12:00:23 -0500<b>Charles Barkley in a dress?</b> Charles Barkley in a dress.kristinalucarellinonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultThe only thing better than Charles in a little black dress is his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLkEPb5DzI">golf swing</a>.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultAll hail Queen Mariah!nonadultnonadult¯\_(ツ)_/¯nonadultYou can’t argue with results!nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultOops?nonadultWhy would Valerie Bertinelli even suggest such a thing?!nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultBe careful what you wish for, Val. Now we’ve all got to live with this image in our brains.nonadultnonadultnonadultThe only thing missing from this GIF is pouring rain and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22i_gqAf_o">Celine Dion wailing</a> “Allllll byyyyy myyyyyyyyselllllllf.”nonadultnonadultHe and Keanu should get together for lunch next time.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultLaugh it off, ladies. Laugh it off.nonadultWhen the <i>SNL</i> alum joined Weight Watchers last year, it was the first time we learned the the program came with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TW2k9GVj44">a bunch of dancing dudes.</a>nonadultnonadultnonadultWe know weight loss is easier when you’ve got a support group, but this is ridiculous.nonadultHis loneliness didn’t last...nonadultnonadultnonadultBy saying good-bye to public transportation and getting a bike.nonadultnonadultnonadultA Brief History Of Vanessa The Stalker’s Shameless Celebrity Photographyhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/a-brief-history-of-vanessa-the-stalker?utm_term=4ldqpia
All’s fair in love and hunting famous people.

Ah, Vanessa the Stalker. One of Reality TV’s most infamous bit characters.

But no matter how many celeb selfies she has…

No one will ever compare to her one true love, Pauly D.

Never stop stalking, Vanessa!

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/a-brief-history-of-vanessa-the-stalkerThu, 18 Dec 2014 11:54:08 -0500<b>All’s fair in love and hunting famous people.</b>kristinalucarellinonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultShame has no place in celebrity stalking.nonadultnonadultnonadultGreetings from O-Townia!nonadultLeven Rambin just wanted to whip her hair back and forth.nonadultThe Stay Puft Marshmallow Man totally counts, though.nonadultCan someone take Alice Cooper on a tropical vacation?nonadultnonadultnonadultOzzy Osbourne never knows what&rsquo;s going on, though.nonadultThat&rsquo;s Cher inside that neon green hood!nonadultLetting yourself look bad in photos is true commitment to the celeb selfie cause.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadult10 points to Justin Long!nonadultDo you BELIEVE?nonadultIs she spooning with Zefron?nonadultnonadultnonadultSteve Buscemi has places to be, okay?nonadultnonadultJeff Bridges also loves taking selfies!nonadultnonadultnonadultBruno Mars believes in you!nonadult21 People Who Represent Canada Better Than Justin Bieber (And 1 Who Doesn’t)https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/people-that-represent-canada-better-than-justin-bieber-an
Because the Great White North has so much more to offer than “Bizzle.”

William Shatner

Not only did Shatner study economics at McGill University in Montreal, the student center is named after him. We’d give anything to pass time between classes at Gert’s Bar in the William Shatner University Centre.

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Michael J. Fox

Aside from the fact that he’s given us Marty McFly, aka one of the most iconic roles of all time, he’s a stand-up dude who roots for his home team of Canada, even though he’s been a dual American citizen for years. That’s loyalty!

Ryan Gosling

Ellen Page

This pint-sized Canadian actress recently came out of the closet in a heartfelt speech during a Human Rights Campaign conference for LGBT youth, and in doing so propelled the fight for equality forward — not only for Canada, but for the rest of the world. You go, Juno! And we feel it’s worth mentioning she was on Trailer Park Boysas a kid. It doesn’t get more Canadian than that.

Drake

The stellar SNL host and Rihanna’s on-again, off-again boyfriend got his start on the premier Canadian teenage drama: Degrassi: The Next Generation. Whatever it takes, we know Drake can make it through.

Alex Trebek

Jeopardy! just wouldn’t be the same without him. We’ll take Canadian Slang for 200 loonies, Alex.

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Alanis Morissette

And we’re here to remind you of that time the ‘90s angst-queen sang the Canadian national anthem at an Ottawa Senators game.

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Chris Hadfield

Arguably one of the most awesome astronauts of all time, Hadfield put Canada at the forefront of space interaction with us here on land, and conducted a pretty legendary Reddit AMA while in orbit. He even did a series of videos from his space station answering questions about how astronauts do all sorts of things without gravity — from wringing out a washcloth to sleeping. And then there was that time he covered Davide Bowie’s "Space Oddity" IN OUTER SPACE. He’s a Canadian hero.

Rick Moranis

Before he was shrinking his kids, fighting Bill Pullman in Spaceballs, or getting possessed by ghosts, Rick Moranis was part of a SCTV Network sketch that initially was intended to be a filler, but instead became a cultural Canadian phenomenon. When CBC requested there be some “identifiable Canadian content” on the Second City sketch show, their answer was to have Rick and fellow comedian Dave Thomas play fictional über-Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie. The toque-wearing, “eh”-spitting characters became so popular, in fact, that they got their own movie, Strange Brew, out of it.

Cobie Smulders

Alan Thicke

In 2013 Robin Thicke’s dad, Cobie Smulders’ fake-persona’s other persona’s fake-dad and Leonardo DiCaprio’s savior from Growing Pains homelessness in the ‘90s was inducted to the Canadian Walk of Fame. Well deserved, we say. Especially since he even had his own, self-titled talk show in the early ‘80s.

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Celine Dion

The Grammy Award–winning singer has received many Canadian accolades, including an honorary doctorate in music from Université Laval in Quebec City. We dare you to think of a more famous French Canadian than Celine.

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Jim Carrey

One of Jim’s earliest stand-up routines focused on combating the ridiculous stereotypes he was presented with when he told people in L.A. that he was from Canada. Wait, so Canadians don’t have to build igloos to protect themselves from flying hockey pucks?

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James Naismith

Joni Mitchell

One of the most famous folk singers alive today, Mitchell got her start busking on the streets of Toronto, and even pays homage to her homeland in her hit song "A Case of You." In 2004, she was inducted into the Order of Canada. And let’s not forget she taught Alan Rickman’s “cold English wife how to feel” in Love, Actually. But then again, it’s sort of impossible to listen to "Blue" without feeling SOMETHING.

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Leonard Cohen

Music would not be the same without this singer-songwriter, who has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is also a member of the Order of Canada. There’d be no “Hallelujah” without him.

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Sandra Oh

The Emmy Award-winning actress behind Dr. Cristina Yang is a proud Canadian who holds a key to the city of Ottawa. She also likes to hang out with the National Ski Team, because Canada is, like, pretty damn good at winter sports.

FAMEFLYNET PICTURES

The Kids in the Hall

These five über-Canadians paved the way for sketch comedy and turned out some of the most hilarious skits from the late ‘80s and ‘90s. "Head Crusher" and "Chicken Lady" are some of the most famous from the series, and as an added bonus, the star of both these sketches, Mark McKinney, is the son of Canadian diplomat, Russell McKinney. How ehhhhhboot that?

Team Canada

Rob Ford

Just kidding. A musician throwing eggs and smuggling monkeys is not as bad as a mayor who admits to smoking crack.

Aaron Vincent Elkaim / Getty Images

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/people-that-represent-canada-better-than-justin-bieber-anWed, 19 Feb 2014 13:56:03 -0500<b>Because the Great White North has so much more to offer than &ldquo;Bizzle.&rdquo;
</b>kristinalucarellinonadultnonadultNot only did Shatner study economics at McGill University in Montreal, the student center is named after him. We&rsquo;d give anything to pass time between classes at Gert&rsquo;s Bar in the <a href="http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/about-us/building/">William Shatner University Centre</a>.nonadultAside from the fact that he&rsquo;s given us Marty McFly, aka one of the most iconic roles of all time, he&rsquo;s a stand-up dude who roots for his home team of Canada, even though he&rsquo;s been a dual American citizen for years. That&rsquo;s loyalty!nonadult<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/a-young-ryan-gosling-gets-interviewed-before-joini">This entire interview.</a> Not gonna lie, we kind of miss his accent.nonadultThis pint-sized Canadian actress recently came out of the closet in a <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/ellen-page-comes-out">heartfelt speech</a> during a Human Rights Campaign conference for LGBT youth, and in doing so propelled the fight for equality forward &mdash; not only for Canada, but for the rest of the world. You go, Juno! And we feel it&rsquo;s worth mentioning she was on <i>Trailer Park Boys</i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMHuEJCs1Vg">as a kid</a>. It doesn&rsquo;t get more Canadian than that.nonadultThe stellar <i>SNL</i> host and Rihanna&rsquo;s on-again, off-again boyfriend got his start on the premier Canadian teenage drama: <i>Degrassi: The Next Generation</i>. Whatever it takes, we know Drake can make it through.nonadultThis comedian is SO wonderfully proud of his Canadian heritage, he wore a Team Canada hockey jersey to Scottish fashion show &ldquo;Dressed to Kilt.&rdquo; Well played, sir.nonadult<i>Jeopardy!</i> just wouldn&rsquo;t be the same without him. We&rsquo;ll take Canadian Slang for 200 loonies, Alex.nonadultAnd we&rsquo;re here to remind you of that time the &lsquo;90s angst-queen <a href="http://video.senators.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=11675">sang</a> the Canadian national anthem at an Ottawa Senators game.nonadultArguably one of the most awesome astronauts of all time, Hadfield put Canada at the forefront of space interaction with us here on land, and conducted a pretty legendary <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/18pik4/">Reddit AMA</a> while in orbit. He even did a series of videos from his space station answering questions about how astronauts do all sorts of things without gravity &mdash; from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMtXfwk7PXg">wringing out a washcloth</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1hWJfsoiKw">sleeping</a>. And then there was that time he <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo">covered</a> Davide Bowie&rsquo;s "Space Oddity" IN OUTER SPACE. He&rsquo;s a Canadian hero.nonadultBefore he was shrinking his kids, fighting Bill Pullman in <i>Spaceballs</i>, or getting possessed by ghosts, Rick Moranis was part of a <i>SCTV Network</i> sketch that initially was intended to be a filler, but instead became a cultural Canadian phenomenon. When CBC requested there be some &ldquo;identifiable Canadian content&rdquo; on the Second City sketch show, their answer was to have Rick and fellow comedian Dave Thomas play fictional &uuml;ber-Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie. The toque-wearing, &ldquo;eh&rdquo;-spitting characters became so popular, in fact, that they got their own movie, <i>Strange Brew</i>, out of it.nonadult<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_bhVSGKEg&amp;feature=kp">Robin Sparkles</a>, anybody? Even Cobie&rsquo;s <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> character is Canadian. And damn if she doesn&rsquo;t make that red and white look good.nonadultIn 2013 Robin Thicke&rsquo;s dad, Cobie Smulders&rsquo; fake-persona&rsquo;s other persona&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/17829">fake-dad</a> and Leonardo DiCaprio&rsquo;s savior from <i>Growing Pains</i> homelessness in the &lsquo;90s was inducted to the Canadian Walk of Fame. Well deserved, we say. Especially since he even had his own, self-titled talk show in the early &lsquo;80s.nonadultThe Grammy Award&ndash;winning singer has received many Canadian accolades, including an honorary doctorate in music from Universit&eacute; Laval in Quebec City. We dare you to think of a more famous French Canadian than Celine.nonadultOne of Jim&rsquo;s earliest <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ic3xNfEP_o">stand-up routines</a> focused on combating the ridiculous stereotypes he was presented with when he told people in L.A. that he was from Canada. Wait, so Canadians don&rsquo;t have to build igloos to protect themselves from flying hockey pucks?nonadultBasketball was invented by a Canadian. You&rsquo;re welcome, America.nonadultOne of the most famous folk singers alive today, Mitchell got her start busking on the streets of Toronto, and even pays homage to her homeland in her hit song "A Case of You." In 2004, she was inducted into the Order of Canada. And let&rsquo;s not forget she <a href="http://www.movieweb.com/movie/love-actually/joni-mitchell-taught-your-cold-english-wife-to-feel">taught</a> Alan Rickman&rsquo;s &ldquo;cold English wife how to feel&rdquo; in <i>Love, Actually</i>. But then again, it&rsquo;s sort of impossible to listen to "Blue" without feeling SOMETHING.nonadultMusic would not be the same without this singer-songwriter, who has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is also a member of the Order of Canada. There&rsquo;d be no &ldquo;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Fkuq5Lf0Q">Hallelujah</a>&rdquo; without him.nonadultThe Emmy Award-winning actress behind Dr. Cristina Yang is a proud Canadian who holds a key to the city of Ottawa. She also likes to hang out with the National Ski Team, because Canada is, like, pretty damn good at winter sports.nonadultSure, you may recognize her from <i>Firefly</i> and <i>Stargate Atlantis</i>, but anyone who watched Nickelodeon in the &lsquo;90s first fell in love with this Canadian actress in <i>Space Cases</i>. Catalina&rsquo;s rainbow hairdo was EVERYTHING.nonadultThese five &uuml;ber-Canadians paved the way for sketch comedy and turned out some of the most hilarious skits from the late &lsquo;80s and &lsquo;90s. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t4pmlHRokg">"Head Crusher"</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbyKywWvlCE">"Chicken Lady"</a> are some of the most famous from the series, and as an added bonus, the star of both these sketches, Mark McKinney, is the son of Canadian diplomat, Russell McKinney. How ehhhhhboot that?nonadultThe Olympics aren&rsquo;t over, but they&rsquo;ve already <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/heartwarming-ways-canada-has-already-won-the-winter-olymp">won</a>.nonadultJust kidding. A musician throwing eggs and smuggling monkeys is not as bad as a mayor who admits to smoking crack.nonadult9 Reasons Shailene Woodley Is The Next Jennifer Lawrencehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/shailene-woodley-is-the-next-jennifer-lawrence
A passing of the proverbial torch.

If celebrities were the Chinese zodiac, 2013 was the year of J-Law. But now that it’s 2014, there’s room for America’s next sweetheart. Behold your new obsession, Shai-Wood.

Jason Merritt / Getty Images

They both got their start on a basic cable TV show.

Jennifer played Bill Engvall’s sassy teenage daughter, Lauren, on the TBS comedy The Bill Engvall Show from 2007 to 2009.

They’re both maybe, sorta dating their co-stars.

Jennifer is soooooback on with her X-Men co-star, Nicholas Hoult (YAY!), and Shailene has been rumored to be dating not one, but TWO of her former co-stars. First, there were rumors flying that Shailene and her Spectacular Now bud (and your new crush) Miles Teller were getting quite cozy at the 2013 VMAs. Most recently, though, Us Weeklyreported signs of Shailene making out with her White Bird on-screen boyfriend Shiloh Fernandez while promoting the film at Sundance.

]]>https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalucarelli/shailene-woodley-is-the-next-jennifer-lawrenceWed, 12 Feb 2014 15:15:58 -0500<b>A passing of the proverbial torch.</b>kristinalucarellinonadult<i>If celebrities were the Chinese zodiac, 2013 was the year of J-Law. But now that it&rsquo;s 2014, there&rsquo;s room for America&rsquo;s next sweetheart. Behold your new obsession, Shai-Wood.</i>nonadultJennifer played Bill Engvall&rsquo;s sassy teenage daughter, Lauren, on the TBS comedy <i>The Bill Engvall Show</i> from 2007 to 2009.nonadultShailene portrayed pregnant teen Amy on the hit ABC Family show <i>Secret Life of the American Teenager</i> from 2008 to 2013.nonadultShailene Woodley&rsquo;s just getting her start, but 2014 is about to be a big year for the young star. She&rsquo;s leading two hit book-to-movie films, <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i> and <i>Divergent</i>, the latter of which you <i>mayyyyy</i> have heard of. Just maybe.nonadult<i>The Hunger Games</i> and <i>Silver Linings Playbook</i> launched J-Law to superstardom in 2012, the latter earning her her very first Oscar. And she did it again in 2013 with <i>American Hustle</i> and <i>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</i>, and will do it a third time in 2014 with <i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i> and <i>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay &mdash; Part 1</i>. Does she sleep?nonadultDystopian teen heroine who single-handedly saves her people over the course of three page-turning books? Yeah. Sounds familiar.nonadultShailene Woodley&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xhjbHxw-Q">performance</a> in <i>White Bird in a Blizzard</i> at this year&rsquo;s Sundance is being praised almost as much as Jennifer Lawrence&rsquo;s Oscar-nominated role in the 2010 flick <i>Winter&rsquo;s Bone</i>, which also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE_X2pDRXyY">premiered</a> at Sundance in 2010.nonadultJennifer Lawrence has already hit a trifecta with <i>Winter&rsquo;s Bone, Silver Linings Playbook</i>, and <i>American Hustle</i>, and we&rsquo;re sure Shailene will add a few Oscar-nominated movies to follow in the footsteps of the 2011 Alexander Payne film <i>The Descendants</i>, which won Best Adapted Screenplay (adapted by Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, aka Dean Pelton on <i>Community</i>!).nonadultnonadultPixie cuts, FTW.nonadultIt&rsquo;s only a matter of time before Shailene gets her own post <i>juuuust</i> like <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/times-jennifer-lawrence-totally-nailed-the-whole-intervie">this</a>.nonadultJennifer is <i>sooooo</i> <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/kimberleydadds/jennifer-lawrence-kisses-nicholas-hoult-at-the-golden-globes">back on</a> with her <i>X-Men</i> co-star, Nicholas Hoult (YAY!), and Shailene has been rumored to be dating not one, but TWO of her former co-stars. First, there were <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/8-things-didn-t-see-2013-mtv-video-065211705.html">rumors</a> flying that Shailene and her <i>Spectacular Now</i> bud (and your new <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/miles-teller-should-be-your-new-celebrity-crush">crush</a>) Miles Teller were getting quite cozy at the 2013 VMAs. Most recently, though, <i>Us Weekly</i> <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/shailene-woodley-makes-out-with-shiloh-fernandez-at-sundance-2013291">reported</a> signs of Shailene making out with her <i>White Bird</i> on-screen boyfriend Shiloh Fernandez while promoting the film at Sundance.nonadultJ-Law is the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/22-jennifer-lawrence-reaction-gifs-in-honor-of-her">QUEEN of GIFs.</a> Give it time. Shailene will become the princess before we know it.nonadult